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GHENILLE FRINGE.

No. 379,033. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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CHRISTIAN A. SCHMIDT, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

CHENILLE FRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,033, dated March 6,1888.

Application filed May 8, 1886, Serial No. 201,533. (Specimens) I0 aZZwhom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHRISTIAN A. SCHMIDT, of Hoboken, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chenille Fringe, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inchenille fringes made on a hand or power loom; and the object of myinvention is to provide a fringe in which all or some of the chenilledrops and pendants shall be constructed with tassels on the free ends,which tassels are securely connected with the warp-threads of the fringefabric in the loom, which warp-threads when out form the pile-threads ofthe chenille, the wefts forming the said tassels extending over the warpor pile threads of. the chenille pendants to some distance from the freeends of said pendants, and forming loops extending over some of thewarps.

The invention consists in a chenille fringe in which the threads formingthe tassels on the ends of the chenille strands are passed around orinterwoven with some of the warp or pile threads of the chenillependants some distance from the ends of the said pendants, and formingloops at the ends of said pendants, and loops extending over some of thewarps, in the manner that will be fully described and set forthhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a pieceof the fringe fabric woven on a loom, and from which fabric the fringeis produced by cutting the fabric transversely, one pendant being shownseparated by cutting it from the body of the fabric and another beingshown separated and finished. Fig. 2 is an enlarged diagrammaticalsectional view of the same on the line a 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged diagrammatieal view on the line y y, Fig. 1; and Figs. etand 5are sectional views of modifications.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The warp-threads A are warped or beamed and mounted in a hand or powerloom in the usual manner, and at suit-able intervals the shoot or weftthreads B, which may be made of silk, cotton, wool, or metal wire, areshot across the warp-threads in the usual manner. The groups ofweftthreads or binders are separated various distances, dependent uponthe desired diameter of the chenille strand or drops of the fringe. Itis evident that a greater or less number of weft-threads or binders Bmay beunited in one group, according to the desired strength of thechenille pendants or strands. Between the binders or weft-threads B thefilling-cords O are interwoven With the warps in the usual manner, whichfilling-cords are withdrawn after the fringe is finished. Theabove-described method of making the fabric for producing fringes is oldand well known.

In order to produce tassels D on the ends of the chenille-strandsforming the fringe, additional weft-threads E are used, which areinterwoven with the warp-threads A at the same parts of the warp-threadsat which the binders or weft-threads B are interwoven, some distancefrom the side of the fringe web which forms the free ends of thependantsthat is, the weft-threads E are interwoven with the warp-threadsin the spaces F between those parts of the warp interwoven with thefillingcords O. The said weft-threads E may be interwoven in such amanner as to pass alternately under and over the successivewarp-threads, as shown in Fig. 5; or they may be woven so as to passalternately under or over two or more warp-threads, as shown in Fig; 4.If desired, one loop, a, may be formed, which may extend over two, (Fig.2,) three, ormorewarpthreads near the edge of the fabric. In all thecases, in addition to the loop or loops (1, the loop (I is formed beyondthe edge of the fabric.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, those parts of the weft-threads E which formthe loop 65 pass over only that warp-thread A along the edge of thefabric; but, if'desired, the thread E can be shot in such a manner as topass over two or more warp-threads along the edge of the fabric, asshown in Fig. 4. After the fabric has been produced it is cut on theheavy dot ted lines m, Fig. 1, whereby the warp-threads are cutequidistant from the binders B, and the loops d are also out. It isevident that if the loops at are made long, tassels with long threadsare formed, and if said loops are made very short the threads of theloops' when steamed will form a head, which may be trimmed or cut as maybe desired.

The binders B hold the warp-threads together and form the core of thechenille pendants. The weft-threads E, forming the loops (4 and theloops (1, pass over the ordinary weft and warp threads, and in allcases, in addition to being interwoven with the warp thread or threadsalong the edge of the fabric, are interwoven or passed between thewarpthreads one or more times some distance from the edge of the fabric,asset forth.

If the weftthreads E, forming the tassels, heads, or tufts D, werepassed between or over the warp-threads at the edge of the fabric only,they would not be held securely,and would easily unravel and drop off.By passing them between and interweaving them with the warp threads somedistance from the edge of the fabric they are held very securely, and,besides, a very handsome effect is produced by the weft-threads Epassing over the warpthreads and forming the loops a.

It is to be distinctly understood that the weft-threads E are notcontinuations of the ordinary weft-threads or binders, but are used inaddition to the same. The binding weftthreads only extend to the edge ofthe fabric or ends of the chenille pendants, whereas the additionalweft-threads E extend from a point some distance inward from the edge ofthe fabric to some distance beyond the edge of the fabric. The threads Ecan be made of silk, cotton, ribbons, or any other suitable material,and any desired number of them may be united to be passed through orbetween the warp-threads at the same time. The head M of the fringe isformed in the usual manner. Vhen the chenille is steamed, the threads ofthe loops a form hollow balls.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, achenille fringehaving one or moreloops formed on the chenille pendants, said loopsbeing formed of weft-threads, in addition to the ordinary weftthreads,the additional weft-threads passing loosely over those warp or pilethreads which lie between the warp or pile threads at which theadditional weft-threads cross, the additional weft-threads alsoextending beyond the edge of the fabric, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN A. SCI'IIIID'I.

Witnesses:

Osoltn F. GUNZ, SIDNEY MANN.

